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Attracting a thank you for the cheap drinks prices too! 2 Bloom Nightclub house club for anyone that can’t stop slightly blokier crowd, they’re open VERY 21 The Molly House 100 Bloom St, Manchester M1 3LY moving when the lights come on. Katy B late for everyone, with drink prices that your 28 Richmond St, Manchester, www.facebook.com/pg/clubbloommcr/ approves of this club. Okay, she hasn’t, but wallet will thank you for. M1 3NB 0161 459 4660 she would if she went. They’re open until 10 Lock 87 www.themollyhouse.com After AXM closed its doors for the last time, 10am every weekend, because who needs Canal Street, Manchester, M1 3PW 0161 237 9329 a brand new club BLOOMED in its place sleep anyway? www.lock87.com A place for the discerning, eccentric (ha!). Club Bloom is open every night of the 0161 237 9582 and alternative in Manchester’s Village, week for as much drinking and revelry as BARS A brand spanking new gay bar right on just a couple of streets back from Canal your little gay heart desires. 6 B Lounge Canal Street. Having only been open since Street. Their three floors of shabby-chic 3 Cruz 101 97 Piccadilly, Manchester M1 2DB late July it’s already one of the coziest decor provide a warm welcome for 101 Princess Street, Manchester, www.blounge.co.uk joins on the street. Offering a warm pub everyone – boys or girls, gay or straight, M1 6DD 0161 236 4161 environment, it’s the perfect place to head and anyone in between. Plus fresh, www.cruz101.com A sophisticated space, nestled in the heart of to grab a beer with a couple of friends. authentic Spanish and South American 0161 9500 101 Manchester, perfect for a quiet glass of wine Head early enough and you can grab tapas. Que rico! 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It gets very busy on the 0330 111 5002 43 28 weekends when the resident DJ plays Tribeca on Sackville Street is ideal for DJs 38 classic club anthems and chart hits, so get and club nights, live bands and music events, 11 5 31 in early! private parties, meet ups, training, workshops, 20 15 KIKI classes, theatre, film and comedy nights. 27 39 40 4 Canal St, Manchester M1 3HE Vanilla 9 Canal st www.kikimanchester.com 39-41 Richmond St, Manchester, 23 8 21 15 0161 236 5437 M1 3WB 42 12 Let’s have a KIKI on Canal Street! Located www.vanillagirls.co.uk/ 44 16 29 within Manchester’s legendary gay village, 0161 637 6258 4 25 14 they serve delicious food & cocktails day and Go where the girls are! The renowned 3 34 night, plus a great variety of events held with ‘lesbian mecca of the north’ offers 17 24 Princess Street FREE ENTRY every night of the week! everything from sexy, dirty superdooper 45 19 16 1 30 Napoleons house to ‘pool trannies and pints with 46 18 35 Bloom St, Manchester, M1 3WD straws’. Yay! 2 28 35 10 26 www.napoleons.co.uk/ Velvet Bar 27 0161 236 8800 2 Canal St, Manchester, M1 3WF 13 32 Open six nights a week, Napoleons is www.velvetmanchester.com 22 Manchester’s oldest gay venue and has 0161 236 9003 been open for over forty years. Catering With DJs at weekends playing an eclectic 37 for the gay community, Napoleons also funky mix, Velvet Bar is a hub of activity specialises in providing a safe space for on Canal Street. 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